Aggregate Equipment

Sat September 15, 2007

Crusher Blockage Clearance Apparatus Speeds Up Process

Screen Machine Industries Inc. has designed manufactured track mounted impact crushers that improve safety and productivity. The new “Crusher Blockage Clearance Apparatus” feature has reduced the frequency for which laborers and machinery must clear bridged material in order to resume production....

Sat September 15, 2007

Grasan Offers Stationary Truss, Channel Frame Conveyors

Grasan stationary truss and channel frame conveyors come in 24- to 60-in. (61 to 152 cm) belt widths and lengths from 25 to 500 ft. (7.6 to 152 m), complete with engineered drives and a variety of options such as walkways, covers, support legs, etc....

Maura Bohart - Fri September 28, 2007

Firm Finds Niche With Crushers

Kids in yellow hats playing with Tonka trucks may be the construction workers of the future. For Chandler Lloyd, owner of Able Contracting, all the toy trucks paid off. “I was a kid that never grew up,” he explained....

Mon August 20, 2007

Nordberg Cone Crusher Proves Its Worth for J.H. Lynch

Quarry production has come a long way since the days of “Fred Flintstone,” but it is still possible to have a “dinosaur” piece of equipment working on a site. When Jim Manni was appointed to the position of facility manager of J.H....

Tue July 10, 2007

Powerscreen Introduces Phoenix 3300 Trommel

Powerscreen introduces its new large-scale “flagship” Phoenix 3300 trommel, the biggest two-way split mobile trommel screen in the Phoenix range. The Phoenix 3300 is designed for topsoil, recycling, wood chips and compost applications....

Tue July 10, 2007

Grasan Unveils Largest Road-Portable Rubble Crusher

Grasan’s largest road-portable rubble crushing plant, the KRH1515, features the Hazemag APPH primary impact crusher with a fully automatic, hydraulic cylinder system that provides increased crusher capacity (up to 600 tons per hour [544.3 t]), smoother operation and more uniform products....

Tue July 03, 2007

KPI-JCI Control System Eliminates Crusher Plugging

KPI-JCI has introduced an automated overload protection system as standard equipment on all FAST TRAX track mounted jaw and impact crushing plants. The overload protection system optimizes the plant’s productivity by consistently regulating the crusher feed to prevent crusher overload and possible plugging....

Wed June 20, 2007

Powerscreen Chieftain 1400 Rinser Offers Full Mobility

Powerscreen’s Chieftain 1400 rinser is a high capacity, fully mobile washing screen that includes a feed hopper complete with reject grid, feed conveyor, washing screen and fully enclosed power unit....

Wed June 20, 2007

McCloskey’s Tracked 412 RT Trommel Smallest of Its Kind

The McCloskey 412 RT (equipped with radial stacker, and tracks) is a track-mounted trommel fully equipped with a 4- by 12-ft. (1.2- by 3.6-m) screening drum, radial stacker and optional tipping grid, all packed into a compact unit that transports under 32 ft....

Fri July 27, 2007

TechniVate Inc. Crushes Through Avondale Quarry

TechniVate Inc. supplies customers across the southeast of Pennsylvania and Delaware with a range of site development services. TechniVate makes use of more than 50 different types of heavy machinery in its work, ranging from small backhoes to scrapers and pans, to dozers and excavators....